Saliha Şahin
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| Nationality | Turkish | ||||
| Born | 5 November 1998 Ankara, Turkey | ||||
| Height | 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) | ||||
| Weight | 68 kg (150 lb) | ||||
| Spike | 304 cm (120 in) | ||||
| Block | 294 cm (116 in) | ||||
| Volleyball information | |||||
| Position | Outside hitter | ||||
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Saliha Şahin (born 5 November 1998) is a Turkish professional volleyball player. She is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb) and plays in the Outside Hitter position. After four years with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit and a single season in Poland with KPS Chemik Police, she has come back in Istanbul playing for Beşiktaş. She is a member of the Turkey women's national volleyball team.
Club career
Saliha Şahin is 1.86 m (6 ft 1 in) tall at 68 kg (150 lb), and plays in the Outside Hitter position.[1] She started her sport career in the academy of Karayolları SK in her hometown Ankara in 2015.[2] In 2018, she transferred to the Istanbul-based Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, formerly Eczacıbaşı Vitra.[1] She was loaned out to her former club for the 2018–19 season.[2] In 2019, she won the Spor Toto Champions Cup with Eczacıbaşı Dynavit.[1] She took part at the 2019 FIVB Club World Championship in Shaoxing, China, where she won the silver medal.[1] In the 2019–20 season, she was laoned out to Sarıyer Bld. SK.[2] She experienced her club's champion title at the 2020–21 AXA Sigorta Champions Cup. She won also the 2021–22 Women's CEV Cup.[1] She won the bronze medal at the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Women's Club World Championship in Antalya, Turkey.[3]
On 22 May 2023, she announced that she left Eczacıbaşı Dynavit, where she played for four years.[4] She was loaned out to the Polish club KPS Chemik Police to play in the 2023–24 season Tauron Liga.[5][6]
For the 2024-2025 season she played for Beşiktaş.
On June 2nd, Ankara based club, Zeren Spor Kulübü announced the signing of Şahin for the 2025-2026 season. [7]
International career
Saliha won the gold medal with the Turkey U-17 team at the 2015 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival in Baku, Azerbaijan.[6]
She played for the Turkey U-19 team to play at the 2016 U19 European Championship in Nitra, Slovakia, where she took the bronze medal.[8]
She played in the Turkey U-20 team, which placed fourth at the 2017 FIVB U20 World Championship in Mexico.[1][9]
She was part of the Turkey U-23 team, which became champion at the 2017 FIVB U23 World Championship in Ljubljana, Slovenia.[1][10]
Şahin became a member of the Turkey national team. She won the silver medal at the 2018 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Nanjing, China.[1] She played in the bronze medalist team at the 2018 Mediterranean Games in Tarragona, Spain. At the 2022 FIVB Volleyball Nations League in Ankara, Turkey, her team placed fourth.[11] She was part of the national team, which placed eight at the 2022 FIVB World Championship in Poland and the Netherlands.[12] She won the gold medal at the 2023 FIVB Volleyball Women's Nations League in Arlington, Texas, United States.[13]
Personal life
Saliha Şahin was born in Ankara, Turkey on 5 November 1998.[1][14] She has two sisters. Her two-years younger sister Elif is also a professional volleyball player in the Setter position, they played together in Eczacıbaşı from 2020-2023.[14][5]
Honours
Club
Eczacıbaşı Dynavit
- Turkish Women's Volleyball Cup
- 2020–21
- 2021–22
- Turkish Women's Volleyball Super Cup
- 2019, 2020
- 2021–22
International
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h i "Saliha Şahin – Smaçör" (in Turkish). Eczacıbaşı Spor Kulübü. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ a b c "Saliha Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Volleyball Box. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "VKF 3–0 ECZ". Volleyball Club World Champs Women Antalya 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Saliha Şahin, ayrılığı duyurdu!". Fanatik (in Turkish). 22 May 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Saliha Şahin kimdir? Saliha Şahin nereli? Saliha Şahin boyu kaç?". CNN Türk (in Turkish). 17 July 2023. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ a b "Saliha Şahin" (in Turkish). Women Volleyball. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKZO5VJMavJ/
- ^ "Turkey Team Roster". 2016 European ChampionshipVolleyball U19 Women. 10 April 2016. Archived from the original on 12 September 2016. Retrieved 27 July 2023.
- ^ "IVB Volleyball Women U20 World Championship 2017 Finals (Places 3–4) – JPN 3–2 TUR" (PDF). FIVB Mexico 2017. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "Match Centre – Turkey 4–0 Kenya". Women's U23 World Championship. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "TUR 3–0 ITA". 2022 Nations League Women. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "FIVB Volleyball Women's World Championship POL 2–3 TUR". Netherlands Poland 2022. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ "TUR 3–0 ITA". Volleyball Nations League Women. Retrieved 26 July 2023.
- ^ a b Yıldırım, Mesut (21 March 2021). "Saliha ve Elif Şahin kardeşler: Azim ve hırsla en yüksek hedefe". Fanatik (in Turkish). Retrieved 26 July 2023.
External links
- Saliha Şahin at FIVB.com
- Saliha Şahin at the European Volleyball Confederation
- Saliha Şahin at WorldofVolley
- Saliha Şahin at Volleybox
- Saliha Şahin at the Turkish National Olympic Committee (in Turkish)